disablenessn.
/dɪsˈeɪblnəs/, U.S. /dəˈseɪb(ə)lnəs/ 1. The state of being disabled, incapacitated, or injured. rare after 17th cent.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > [noun] > physical incapacity
disableness1598
insufficiency1714
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes at Impoténza Disablenes, lamenes, impotencie, maime, disability.
1604 in T. H. B. Oldfield Representative Hist. Great Brit. & Ireland (1816) III. 346 It appeared in Ester terme laste, when the said Matthew Chubbe, was to do his service in the saide parliament, that hee could not performe it, nor endure the same (by disabilitie of bodye) and, doubtinge of disableness heereafter, to attende the same service, dothe with us the saide burgesses, become herebye humble petitioners unto you, that hee may not seeme contemptuous, by his absence.
1966 Holland (Mich.) Evening Sentinel 1 Mar. 4/3 Where there are programs to overcome disabilities, there are fewer persons impaired by their disableness.
2006 U.S. States News (Nexis) 26 Sept. The last time, I literally got kicked down. Kicked down to disableness.
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the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [noun]
unablenessc1380
unabletyc1380
infirmityc1384
unabilityc1475
non-ability1477
inability1500
disability1545
unsufficiency1580
disablement1597
disableness1609
incapacity1611
uncapableness1611
incapability1632
incapableness1632
uncapabilitya1644
incompatibility1659
incompetibilitya1660
uncapacity1681
invalidity1698
disable1827
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > [noun] > state of being damaged
disableness1609
1609 T. Wilson Expos. Sixt Chapter Hebrewes i. 12 (margin) Because of our disablenesse to fulfil it [sc. the law].
1614 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husb. (1623) 65 A disablenesse to bow downe his necke.
1665 G. Wither Medit. upon Lords Prayer 122 A natural disableness to do any good.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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